The iPhone will hit Tesco stores nationwide on Monday, 14 December, the supermarket giant has revealed.
Tesco_iphone_prices Tesco has three core iPhone plans to choose from
You can bag yourself a free 8GB iPhone 3G or 16GB iPhone 3GS when you sign a two-year unlimited calls and text contract with Tesco. But be warned: the …

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Oh dear.

Some twit will be daft enough to think that because it is in Tesco, that it is a good deal. Do someone a favour; if you see anyone looking these offers over, give them a calculator ... they'll thank you for it.

hmmmm

well i signed up for the 'alert me news' but look at the two account options - 60 quid (too much) for 'unlimited' (but actualy limited by a fup) or 20 quid (good price) for not quite enuff credit - what a let down

Locked to O2?

The main question I have is if its still locked to O2 or not... O2 is rubbish where I live so a bit pointless for me to even think about buying one before I can choose what network I want to have it on.

And no I dont want to jailbreak it to then have to spend time every version upgrade trying to get round it again.

Existing iphones..

Clubcard

Clubcard point calculator!

Clubcard point balance checker.

Put your card number in and it tells you your balance.

Tie it into the GPS... Whenever you enter a store it does a lookup and tells you how many points you currently have and based on past purchasing trends, estimate how many points you'll earn that visit.

Do your research...

@Do your research

Don't be so fast to bite the person's head off. Just because an MNVO hires airtime from a network operator doesn't mean the former doesn't have the capacity to lock the phones they sell. I can confirm, Tesco mobile DO have the capacity to.

iphones on contract

im sorry but i cant stand thease contract phones your paying goodness knows how much a month 60 80 pound i mean its just crazy. im on pay as you go currently with my lg viewty and sure you pay for the phone in full but at least you top it up when you need to. i think all phones are simply overpriced and the iphone simply is overhyped just because its a apple theres lots of other phones out there not just apples.

WTF?

You need to learn a little about the mobile phone market.

All phones are subsidised when sold by a network. Unlocked phones are available but cost the earth simply because they are just that - unlocked, so the purchaser cannot be tied to a network. This is also py PAYG phones are older/simpler models, or the current models at a high, high price - because there is little or no reason for the network to subsidise the phone. Most can be unlocked within 15 minutes, after all.

Is the iPhone any more expensive than other phones of equivalent functionity? Yes. THis is simply down to Apple's pricing policy. The phone costs less than $200 to make but the networks are paying quite a subsidy - for example AT&T pays a $450 subsidy per phone on a monthly contract phone.

If the networks could charge less, they would - because the phone is a crowd-puller. However if you are paying $750 per phone and selling then on at $300, you've got to charge $450 over the contract life just to get the subsidy back.

And that, my friends, is why the iPhone will not drop in price significantly, until Apple chooses to drop their wholesale price. Hell, over, freezing..

Tescophone

Ouch

That's a touch pricey. Much as I love the iPhone I wouldn't have got one if i would have to pay that much. It's not *that* good. I much prefer my deal, Unlocked iPhone 3g off eBay for £250 with my T-Mobile staff plan sim, £0 a month and the equivalent of a Flext 40 price plan and unlimited data. Yes please haha

good deal

shame you only got the crippled 3g though michael - to be honest, id much rather pay more and have the 3gs than the slow 2008 model. tesco deal aint so bad - unlimited web for a year, and can still jailbreak during or after that period.

i did some more calcs

I did a few more calcs and worked out the total cost of an Iphone on various deals from the main suppliers. All calcs done with white 16Gb 3GS and figures checked on suppliers website today 21/12/2009 for NEW customer. (Don't forget your PAC code guys)